Griffith Taylor's 'palimpsest theory' of the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Author: Pickard, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Antarctica; Dry Valleys; Exploration; Geomorphology; Glaciation; Griffith Taylor; Scientific history; Victoria Land; Griffith; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/53253eae-37a9-4a1d-b7a2-9549b6e2d70d; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031408271&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Griffith Taylor was the first geomorphologist to work in the Dry Valleys of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Following his field work in February 1911, he proposed a multistage model in which earlier cirque erosion was later swamped by expanding outlet glaciers. Subsequently these glaciers retrea...